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Dr. Prakash Kashwan
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Env & Climate Justice Prof | Author Decolonizing Environmentalism https://tinyurl.com/3v2fysfr | Editor @environmentalpol.bsky.social | GoogleScholar https://tinyurl.com/PKGSChlr | Ex-Chair @isaess.bsky.social | Dad, Husband .. more

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · Dec 10
Hi, BlueSky! Delighted to📣 Decolonizing Environmentalism (bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social) is hitting the virtual book-shelf later this month & the bookstores in the new year. We wrote it esp. for the youth environmental & climate activists. Plz help spread the word. www.bloomsbury.com/us/decoloniz...
Decolonizing Environmentalism
We live in a moment rife with mixed emotions-existential anxieties about catastrophic climate change, presumptuous confidence in planet-hacking geoengineering t…
www.bloomsbury.com

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 7h
"How would you feel if, out of the blue, Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny called to ask you a favor? Last December, that’s what happened to Jorell Meléndez-Badillo, a University of Wisconsin–Madison assistant professor of Latin American & Caribbean history." #PuertoRico news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
news.wisc.edu

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 1d
Cross-country skiing gold medalist Jessie Diggins: “I'm racing for an American people who stand for love, for acceptance, for compassion, honesty, and respect for others...For everyone out there caring for others, protecting their neighbors & meeting people with love, every single step is for you."
A photo of cross-country skiing gold medalist Jessie Diggins, who said in a social media post, that her motivation comes from the people she believes represent the country’s best values. She stressed that her focus is on compassion and inclusion. “I'm racing for an American people who stand for love, for acceptance, for compassion, honesty, and respect for others. I do not stand for hate or violence or discrimination," she said. "I get to decide who I’m racing for every single day, and how I want to live up to my values. For everyone out there caring for others, protecting their neighbors and meeting people with love - every single step is for you." Diggins concluded by saying, "You are the ones who make me proud to carry the flag, and I hope I can bring you joy over these next few weeks."

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 1d
This, from @jamellebouie.net is exactly right. And I think so many folks have refused to see or admit what Trump is because admitting implicates them, or their families, so denial is easier.
For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career — from his embrace of birtherism to his hatred of birthright citizenship — cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism. Trump is not profound. He has been the same person this whole time. The question is why so many others have refused to see what he has never bothered to hide.

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 1d
"Abundance liberalism" is quite "illiberal" at its core! (ofc recognizing the fifty shades of liberalism)

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 1d
Tech bro incompetence meet offshore worker exploitation. So much brilliance at once is difficult to fathom. #Waymo
kevinjkircher.com Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 1d
"Instrument cars so low-wage offshore workers can remote-control them, displacing drivers" sounds a bit less cool than "build self-driving cars." How many cars does an offshore worker have to remote-control for the cost savings from putting drivers out of work to outweigh the instrumentation cost?
bencollins.bsky.social Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3d
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”

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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 1d
"Instrument cars so low-wage offshore workers can remote-control them, displacing drivers" sounds a bit less cool than "build self-driving cars." How many cars does an offshore worker have to remote-control for the cost savings from putting drivers out of work to outweigh the instrumentation cost?

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 1d
Takaichi staked her premiership on a bet that the country would embrace her bluntly-spoken conservatism, promises of a new era of prosperity and expansive spending pledges. The opposition bloc offered an alternative to voters nervous about Takaichi’s right-wing politics. www.ft.com/content/0456...
A photo of Japan’s prime minister Sanae Takaichi at her party’s headquarters on Sunday © Kim Kyung-Hoon/POOL/EPA/Shutterstock

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 2d
"...as Europe’s political class moves to address its shame[ful] ties with the convicted sex offender, it’s inadvertently highlighting the comparative lack of accountability in the U.S... Wagons have been circled around the prominent political figures whose names have surfaced in the Epstein files."

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Andrew Flanagan @af68.bsky.social · 2d
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
The Epstein scandal is taking down Europe’s political class. In the US, they’re getting a pass.
As Europe moves to address its shame, it’s highlighting the comparative lack of accountability in the U.S.
www.politico.com

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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 2d
EU reflection and revision after #cop30

“We're in a new era which is more transactional," one EU diplomat said, adding that some governments also wanted a clearer EU line on when to reject future COP deals that it deems too weak”

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Exclusive: EU rethinks climate diplomacy after bruising COP30 summit, document shows
The European Union is mulling a new strategy in its diplomatic efforts on climate change after a bruising U.N. summit last year where it struggled to rally support for faster, more ambitious action to...
www.reuters.com

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 3d
The weekend "Netflix & Heal" plan 🫂✊🏼

Michelle Obama’s 2020 documentary Becoming, which followed the former first lady in the wake of her hit book, saw a rise in views of more than 13,000% over the past weekend, with 47.5m min viewed, says the Hollywood Reporter. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Michelle Obama documentary rises 13,000% in views as Melania film opens
Becoming garners 47.5m minutes viewed on same weekend as current first lady’s documentary released in cinemas
www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 3d
Congratulations for this impactful work.

I have a question or two about your choice of journal in this case. Could I DM you about that?

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 3d
I'd love to know more about your work in this regard. Would appreciate your pointing me to an article or a podcast/interview!

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 3d
Please correct this headline @apnews.com. All humans are primates. That’s a biology.

What Trump posted was a depiction of the first Black U.S. president and First Lady as chimpanzees. That’s racist.

(Please repost to get an AP editor’s attention on this.)
Trump shares a racist video that depicts the Obamas as primates
President Donald Trump has used his social media account to share a video about election conspiracy theories that includes a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Ob...
apnews.com

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 4d
In honor of Bad Bunny's victories at this year's #Grammys, we dropped the paywall for @nicolefroio.bsky.social's review of THE ALBUM OF THE YEAR, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS:

“DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” is Bad Bunny’s Latest Decolonial Text
Bad Bunny’s new album places loss at the center of tropical paradise, elucidating vacation spots as colonial constructs.
f.mtr.cool

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 4d
Yes and... bsky.app/profile/pkas...
pkashwan.bsky.social Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 4d
This survey may be poorly sampled, but it is too important to leave to the insurance companies. We need a national/global conversation to rethink our current risk/insurance paradigms. Attempts to privatize climate risks bail out the industry at the expense of homeowners. 360info.org/burned-out-h...

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 4d
This survey may be poorly sampled, but it is too important to leave to the insurance companies. We need a national/global conversation to rethink our current risk/insurance paradigms. Attempts to privatize climate risks bail out the industry at the expense of homeowners. 360info.org/burned-out-h...

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The University of Chicago Press @uchicagopress.bsky.social · 4d
Brian Callaci, CHAINS OF COMMAND, and Sandeep Vaheesan, POWER IN DEMOCRACY, discuss how we can and should rethink state capacity. Read on below:
Rethinking State Capacity
Yes, we should demand that government move faster. But the impediments aren’t limited to bureaucrats and NIMBYists.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 5d
I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 5d
"...after pushing through an order to release a juvenile from detention, she realized that she could affect positive change from the inside. I’m still here because I’m trying to make sure that the agency understands how imp it is to comply with all the court orders.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
ICE attorney to judge: ‘This job sucks’
A federal judge admonished DHS for repeatedly defying court orders to release detainees, as government lawyers described widespread noncompliance during Minnesota’s immigration crackdown.
www.mprnews.org

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 6d
"America’s deeper question is whether it can restore a culture of shame. Those who dealt with Epstein on money, tax or non-iniquitous connections are a far larger universe than his circle of alleged sexual abusers. Epstein’s ordinary buddies/his enablers abandoned shame."
www.ft.com/content/3f82...
The Epstein rot goes deep
America must now ask itself if it can restore a culture of shame
www.ft.com

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Secular Moi @secularmoi.bsky.social · 6d
‘It is possible’: this tiny First Nation’s big renewable energy strategy:

On the tip of Vancouver Island, the sun, wind and tides will power Quatsino First Nation into the future

#QuatsinoNation #RenewableEnergy #indigenous #canpoli #bcpoli

thenarwhal.ca/quatsino-ren...
Quatsino leads the charge on renewable energy | The Narwhal
On Vancouver Island, Quatsino First Nation is completing a 150-kW solar project, piloting tidal power and partnering with a wind farm in its push for renewable energy
thenarwhal.ca

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Kate Mackenzie @katemac.bsky.social · 7d
Huh. DeepSeek has people directly training the model in humanities-related knowledge.
Screenshot from FT story “One of DeepSeek’s secrets, allowing it to excel in areas such as feng shui, commonly used in Chinese fortune telling, has been to use human experts called Baixiaosheng (Chinese for “know-it-all”) to train the model for the sorts of knowledge, mostly humanities-related, that would otherwise be difficult to attain from browsing publicly available data. Though DeepSeek has never acknowledged it openly, some have speculated that this feature might be why its model performs significantly better in those areas than competitors.

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 7d
No such resignations on this side of the pond!

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 8d
"Mehmet Oz vowed to "fight to end illegal immigration" should he be elected to the Senate, a promise that helped resurface the fact that his family's business faced a record-breaking fine for hiring unauthorized workers." www.businessinsider.com/dr-oz-family...
Dr. Oz says he'll fight to end illegal immigration. A business owned by his family, in which he is a shareholder, faced the largest fine in ICE history for hiring unauthorized workers.
In the largest civil settlement agreement ever levied by ICE, the business paid millions after pleading guilty to hiring unauthorized workers.
www.businessinsider.com

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 8d
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chanda.blacksky.app Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 8d
Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich

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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 8d
Canada’s Mining Firms Benefit Heavily From the Global Order Carney Just Criticized www.theenergymix.com/canadas-mini...
Canada’s Mining Firms Benefit Heavily From the Global Order Carney Just Criticized
As Prime Minister Mark Carney urges value-based leadership, critics point to trade rules championed by Canada that undermine those ideals.
www.theenergymix.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 8d
Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 8d
🤣 billionaire justice 😂

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 9d
During the 2025 crisis between India and Pakistan, even reputable journalists and politicians were misled by fabricated content, writes Qamar Shahzad Rajoka.

"Such material might not trigger a crisis, but it can dangerously intensify one."

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